An artist has carved a giant SOS message into an Indonesian palm oil plantation（棕榈油种植园）to draw attention to the damage done by forest destruction and stress the impact on people and wildlife.
Emest Zacharevic created the Save Our Souls（SOS）project as part of a campaign on the impact palm oil plantations have on local communities and endangered species such as the orangutan（褐猿）. The SOS carving, which he completed last month, runs for about half a kilometer inside a plantation in North Sumatra, and can be seen from the air.
Environmentalists say land-clearing for agricultural plantations in Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, is responsible for forest destruction-forest cover has dropped by nearly a quarter since 1990.
Zacharevic's SOS project comes during growing pressure on companies to adopt sustainable（可持续的）practices. PepsiCo and British firm Lush have committed to ending the use of palm oil, which is found in products from soap to cereal.
Indonesia has been a focus of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions（排放）caused by the forest destruction to make way for plantations.
These forests are often in remote areas long occupied by native peoples, who might not have documents proving ownership or be able to contest land acquisitions in the resource-rich Southeast Asia. The forests are home to about 14,600 orangutans remaining in the wild in Sumatra.
"We are all contributing to the destructive effect of unsustainable palm oil, whether it is by consuming products or supporting policies that affect the trade," Jacharevic said. "This project is an effort to appeal to the consciousness of a wider audience."
